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Apple varieties, France

Cloden

The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it¹:

Raised at the Station de Recherches d’Arboriculture Fruitiere, Angers, France. Fruits are crisp and juicy.

Family tree

Parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, as the entries in the atlas record them.

Cloden France
- Seed parent Golden Delicious United States, 1905
  - Parent Grimes Golden United States, by 1804
- Pollen parent Reinette Clochard France, mid 1800s

Where Cloden came from. The lines lead to its parents: Golden Delicious (United States).

Sources

Cloden (accession 1978 - 340), National Fruit Collection, Brogdale, Kent (Defra). Supports: the description quoted; the parentage; the use; the fruit's size, shape and colours and the flesh, from the collection's characterisation; the picking time at Brogdale (late september).